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Bexley is a city in Franklin County that is a complete geographic enclave of Columbus, entirely surrounded by Ohio's capital city.

Bexley was incorporated as a village in 1908 through the merger of two neighborhoods: the wealthy Bullitt Park estate district along Alum Creek to the north and the Lutheran college community of Pleasant Ridge to the south.

The name Bexley was suggested by early resident Colonel Lincoln Kilbourne in honor of his family's roots in Bexley, Kent, England.

Bexley grew from just over 1,300 people in 1920 to more than 5,000 by 1930, qualifying it to become a city in 1931.

The city is bisected by the National Road — today Main Street — a reminder of its origins along one of America's first federal highways.

Bexley is home to Capital University, a private Lutheran liberal arts university that has been based in the community since 1876, and to Trinity Lutheran Seminary, which traces its founding to 1830.

Bexley contains some of Columbus's grandest estates, including the Ohio Governor's Mansion and the Jeffrey Mansion, the former home of industrialist and Columbus mayor Robert H. Jeffrey, set in Jeffrey Park.

The 2020 census counted 13,928 people in Bexley, up from 13,057 in 2010.

The 2010 census recorded 4,661 households in Bexley, packed into less than two and a half square miles at a density of more than 5,300 people per square mile.

Bexley sits on the banks of Alum Creek, just east of the Franklin Park Conservatory, and is known for its tree-lined streets and large historic homes.